Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)
Poor telecom service hurting customers
Regulators must ensure compliance with license agreements
BTRC officials demonstrate at commission office
Many said they have been denied promotion for years
We should be wary of the online gambling boom
Multi-faceted actions necessary to prevent this crime
Walton to make mobile phone circuit boards
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has recently decided to give approval to Walton Digi-Tech Industries to locally manufacture printed circuit boards (PCBs) specifically for handsets.
BTRC asks Meta to tackle misinformation on its platform
Meta top officials meet BTRC chairman in Dhaka
Grameenphone receives unified licence
It will work as a single licence for 2G, 3G, 4G and the upcoming 5G technologies
Teletalk, BTCL ordered to clear Tk 3,000 crore dues
The two will also face information system audits within this month
Md Mohiuddin Ahmed, new BTRC chairman
He will hold the position until May 29 of 2025
BTRC chairman elected as chairman of S Asian telecom regulators' council
The council has nine member states
GP gets ‘013’ number series with existing ‘017’
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission decides to allow Grameenphone a new number series of 013 with their existing 017 prefix which is close to be exhausted.
Dhaka to see more internet blackouts at midnights, holidays
Internet users in Dhaka city may face more telecommunication blackouts at midnights and holidays as telecom regulatory authorities are going through more exercises in any particular area of the capital.
Mobile operators for withdrawal of tax burden
Mobile operators association urges the government to withdraw the tax burden over mobile usage like supplementary duty and surcharge on all services.
Robi-Airtel merger defers again
Long awaited telecom merger between Robi and Airtel is deferred once again as the parent companies delayed their agreement till September 26, 2016, according to reports.
Mobile number portability by end of 2016: BTRC
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) announces that 'mobile number portability' (MNP) service will begin at the end of this year.
Roaming users get 7 days for re-registration
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) directs operators to block all roaming SIMs if their customers fail to biometrically re-register their connection within seven days from the date of their arrival .
Brief incoming for blocked SIMs
Subscribers using biometrically unregistered SIM cards will have their outgoing calls blocked after today, while incoming calls are likely to stay active for “a few hours”, according to a top official of a telecom operator.
BTRC launches call center for complaints
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) launches a call center where telecom subscribers will be able to register any telecom related complaint.
Tarana summons mobile operators’ CEOs over call drop issue
State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim summons CEOs of all mobile phone operators to know about the update of the call drop compensation to the customers.
All the biometric SIM registration memes
People put up with the repeated messages and calls from customer service on their mobile phones, but continue to silently endure all, while producing a few hundred ingenious memes to vent their frustration.